Trolley Roads and Farm Values
Ohio farmers complain that extending trolley lines into rural areas tempts young people to leave farms, lowering property values. Yet reports from Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania show electric roads raising farm prices from 100 to 750 1000 dollars per acre. The piece notes improved local communication boosts farm life and market demand, while quipping on titles for ex presidents and a mock reward for a naming suggestion.
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Ohio
Saya
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Life extension hope spurs insurance chair and medical debate
The life insurance community ponders Prof Irving Fisher's claim that 15 extra years could come from practical hygiene reforms. A life extension committee is formed while insurers note a death every six minutes and ponder gains if that interval lengthens. The New York Medical Journal links medical school declines to education standards and market saturation.
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Association of Life Imaurance
Irving Fisher
The
New York Medical Journal
Wyoming News Briefs From 1909 Frontier Week Highlights
Reports from Uinta county suspend all mining camp gambling and a German wheat surge shifts state outflow. Idaho authorities curb elk killings as Cheyenne hosts Chautauqua dates August 1 8. A 2100 acre sale near Cheyenne and Rosin Coal builds a line to reclaim 23000 acres north of Basin. Buffalo Bill Wild West show opens in New York with Pawnee Bill.
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Uinta County
Germania
Powell
Rhoshone Project
Reclamation Service
Nat Rust
Middle Crow Creek
Cheyenne
van Taasell
Poles
Middle Crow Creeks
Medicine Wheel Irrigation Company
Basin
C. W. Williams
Rawlins Republican
Republican
F. J. Tuttle
Col. W. F. Cady
Buffalo Bill
New York
State Supreme Court
Sheridan County
Weston County
Minnehaha Park
Old Frontier Park
New Frontier Park
Rosin Coal Company
Chicago & Northwestern
Rosin
Idaho
Wyoming
J. Story
Valentine
Neb
Fred Smith
Story
Douglas
Wyo
Smith
Jackson
Oliver H. Rhoop
Colorado Bugar and Land Company
DeSmet Raed
Cheap Cold Frame For Starting Tomatoes
Instructions for building and using a cold frame for tomatoes including dimensions eight by fifty feet, frame construction with 1x2 edging and gables, ridge support, staking, and spacing of plants. Describes a simpler south side frame variant, use of cheesecloth cover, watering schedule, hardening, and frost risk for field planting.
The Successful Apple Orchard
The article reviews key factors for apple orchard success including soil type drainage and elevation, cultivation, and marketing. It discusses pros and cons of tile drainage, varied grower opinions, spraying versus thinning, and handling pests like mice and rabbits with traps.
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Iime
Grade For Drains And The Effect Of Near Level Fall
Prof. J. B Reynolds of Ontario explains drainage tiles work best with as much uniform fall as possible. In nearly level drains water pools at the upper end, raising depth and reducing tile capacity. The remedy is careful tile laying and deepened outlet ditch to increase surface fall and maintain even grades.
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J. B Reynolds
Ontario
Cropping Fruit Orchard Says Clover Ground Best
Charles Young sod mulcher states that in Algoma an orchard in bearing seeded to clover yields more and better fruit with less work than surface cultivation. He argues moisture is conserved without cultivation and that moisture is ample.
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Charles Young
The Reason Why Dairymen Keep Cows In Barns In Winter
Readable text explains why dairymen shelter cows indoors during winter. The note suggests cows endure discontent if kept in yard on poor days, emphasizing barn shelter as a practical practice.
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Sileread
Fundamental facts for dry farming in the West
Prof W H Olin reports at the Third Dry Farming Congress that non irrigated West lands with under twenty inches of rainfall produced viable crops in 1908. He lists seven principles including soil type clay subsoil, a cash crop with major feed crops, livestock, moisture conserving tillage, drought resistant seed, capital, and a proactive, educated farmer wielding irrigation when needed.
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W. H. Olin
Congress
West
Texas
Washington
United States
Feed for Egg Yield and Nutritional Guide
Feed for Egg Yield notes that fresh cut green bone boosts intake but must be fed judiciously as a nutritious supplement to the regular ration. It suggests about one to one and a half hands weekly as a pragmatic guideline for improving production.
Peruna Credited With Curing Woman After Long Illness
Mrs J Jamison of Watsonville California reports a long illness years earlier followed by sickness, then trial of Peruna. After taking nineteen bottles she is entirely cured and believes Peruna does everything claimed.
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Peruna
Perang
Birthday Brawl Ends With Ten Day Sentence
Mrs O Toole recalls Casey birthday celebration turning violent as Casey, his wife, and mother in law trade blows. Casey ends up arrested, and the judge sentences him to ten days in jail. Remembrances and souvenirs from the chaotic night contrasted with the fallout.
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Casey
Cuticura Ointment Story Promotes Harmless Reading
A New York reader claims Cuticura Ointment is safe for children after a three year old allegedly ate an entire box of graham crackers with the ointment spread on them. The note asserts the ointment is pure and harmless and even cures a cold, illustrating its supposed safety for tender skin and young users.
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New York
Cuticura
Atlantic
Ant Potter Drag & Chem, Corp
Sole Props
Bostots
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Casper Press
Chicago Daily News
Malta
Sardinia
Radcliffe College
Barnard College
William T. Brewster
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Barnard
Wyoming News
Louisiana Experiment Station
W. 5
Hager
Wisconsin
Jimmie
Hardy
Plutarch
Rorneee
Wilitt
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